Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Apr 15: Today, the death of a senior citizen from Chikkaballapur district has been reported due to coronavirus infection. With this, the number of deaths due to the pandemic in Karnataka has gone up to 11. Seventeen new patients tested positive, raising the state's tally to 277.
The deceased has been identified as case 250. He had never ventured outside in the recent past. He was suffering from serious breathing problem and therefore had been admitted into Vikram Hospital. During the tests, he was diagnosed with coronavirus infection.
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It is learnt that the patient was also of heavy build, with his bodyweight exceeding 100 kg. Because of his weight, the staff had a hard time shifting him to the ambulance. According to the Health Department, the 65-year-old man also suffered from H1N1, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with obstructive sleep apnea and a history of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and hypertension.
He was later shifted to Victoria Hospital. But without responding to treatments, he breathed his last today morning. He happens to be the third from Chikkaballapur district to become the victim of coronavirus infection.
Karnataka's 261st COVID-19 positive case is a 59-year-old man from Ananthapur, suffering from Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI). He is isolated a designated private hospital in the city.
A 52-year-old man from Bagalkot, contact of 186th case is 262nd case.
Similarly, from the same place, a police officer tested positive while on duty at a Madrasa. The 39-year-old policeman has been designated as 263rd case.
As many as nine employees from the Mysuru-based Jubilant Generics Limited pharmaceutical company employees turned positive.
The nine cases included a 41-year-old man, 264th case, a 30-year-old man, 265, a 27-year-old man, 266, a 35-year-old man, 267, a 26-year-old man, 268, a 23-year-old man, 269, a 35-year-old man, 270, a 28-year-old man, 271 and a 32-year-old man, 272.
The state's 273rd case is a 72-year-old man from the same place with SARI.
A One year old infant, boy, from Kalaburagi is the 274th case. He is suffering from an Influenza-like illness.
A 38-year-old woman from Vijayapura is 275th case. She is a contact of 221st case.
Next, a 25-year-old man from the same place with similar contact history is the 276th case.
The last case for Wednesday morning and the state's 277th case is a 32-year-old woman from the city. She is a contact of 252nd case.
Meanwhile, city civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has marked 38 wards as COVID-19 hotspots in the city.
Zone wise, Bommanahalli accounted for two wards, Mahadevapura, 6, Bengaluru East, 9, Bengaluru South, 12, Bengaluru West, 7 and Yelahanka, 2.